Job Description

Overview

The Repair Technician is responsible for dismantling units and inspecting components to ensure they meet FAA specifications. This role involves evaluating conditions, determining defects, and preparing reports, along with assembling, testing, and repairing aircraft assemblies and related mechanical units.

Responsibilities

  • Dismantle units and inspect components for conformance to FAA specifications.
  • Evaluate condition, determine cause of defects, and prepare report of findings.
  • Assemble, test, and repair aircraft assemblies and subassemblies to FAA specifications.
  • Rework electronic and electro-mechanical units including switches and circuits.
  • Comply with all company and department policies and procedures.
  • Understand regulations and requirements associated with an FAA repair station.
  • Use hand tools and measuring devices to ensure conformance to specifications.
  • Read and interpret blueprints, specifications, and related documents.
  • Measure parts using precision measuring instruments.
  • Rework, replace, and realign parts to ensure conformance to specifications.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school graduate with college or technical school studies or equivalent.
  • Certifiable to 1 PC-A-610B Class 2 Wiring and Soldering Specification.
  • Five years’ recent experience in the aerospace industry.
  • Thorough working knowledge of electronics and electro-mechanics.
  • Ability to read blueprints.
  • Basic client product knowledge is desirable.
  • Must be analytical and able to communicate with all levels of management and customers.
  • Basic math skills.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to input data on the computer.

Additional Information

  • Physical demands include standing, walking, sitting, and lifting up to 30 lbs.
  • Work environment includes exposure to weather conditions and moderate noise levels.

How this job compares in Fullerton, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 44% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs across California, where the middle half runs $30–$48/hr across 373 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 1% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Fullerton, CA

Fullerton, CA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 239 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Fullerton, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Relativity Space (18), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (13). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are El Segundo at $53/hr, Los Angeles at $51/hr, and Pasadena at $50/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Fullerton, CA

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